Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard

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Overview

If you need to purchase Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard, you may order it from this page.

The most current version of OS X is OS X 10.10 Yosemite. To learn more, please click here.

Note: Some OS X Snow Leopard features require an Apple ID; terms apply. Some features require a compatible Internet service provider; fees may apply. For more information for OS X Snow Leopard, see the Snow Leopard Installation and Setup Guide.

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Before you begin, does Mountain Lion support your Mac? Mountain Lion does not support Macs older th
Before you begin, does Mountain Lion support your Mac? Mountain Lion does not support Macs older than 2007 - 2009.

If it does, and you have at least 2GB of memory, then go to App Store (the App Store should be on your Mac if you have OS 10.6.8). Purchase and download Mountain Lion and install. The current version of Mountain Lion is OS 10.8.4.

Note: OS 10.6.8 is the last version of Snow Leopard released, therefore you have the "newest version" of Snow Leopard.
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CW,

If your iMac has 10.5.8, then you have Mac OS X Leopard. The .8 in 10.5.8 means there have be
CW,

If your iMac has 10.5.8, then you have Mac OS X Leopard. The .8 in 10.5.8 means there have been 8 updates applied to the base 10.5.0 version. Mac OS X Snow Leopard is version 10.6 which you do not currently own, but can be purchased for $29 from any Apple Store.

As far as your question of benefits to upgrading, yes there are some new features and fixes in Mac OS X Snow Leopard† that many will find beneficial. You do need to be sure your iMac meets the system requirements, which mainly is that it contains an Intel processor.

For your final question on Word, you have some options. Microsoft has released Microsoft Office for OS X, which can be purchased in an Apple Store. Also you can use OS X's Boot Camp feature if you would like to run Word natively in Windows. Finally, you can look into virtualization software. Some examples of these are VMWare Fusion, and Parallels.

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Yes - provided that you have 1GB RAM (minimum), a few GB of disk space and access to a functioning D
Yes - provided that you have 1GB RAM (minimum), a few GB of disk space and access to a functioning DVD drive
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Not sure what is going on.
Does your Mac meet the minimum system requirements for Lion?
Are yo
Not sure what is going on.
Does your Mac meet the minimum system requirements for Lion?
Are you sure you are downloading Lion and not Mountain Lion?

NB: To my knowledge, Lion is now only available by calling Apple support. The current OS X release available for download from the App Store is Mountain Lion. Mountain Lion will not work on most Macs made prior to mid-2008.

In the USA, to get Lion call Apple Sales Support at 1-800-692-7753. For the automated call routing system say "Sales" at the first prompt (for department desired), "Lion" at the second prompt (for what you are calling about) and "Personal" at the third prompt (personal, business or education). That should connect you to the right person.

For those outside the USA, get Apple Support Contact Information for your country at:
supportDOTappleDOTcom/kb/HE57 (replace each occurrence of "DOT" with ".")
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